Brewing with <gasp> ketchup? Anyone?

Well considering there is more sugar by volume in some ketchups than in pure sugar, I imagine it would mostly just turn into alcohol. I suppose there would be a mild tomato taste as well.

 

Not sure I want to add vinegar, onion, and two types of corn syrup to a beer. I guess you could buy one that uses cane sugar...but you'd still have some odd spices and quite a bit of vinegar added to the brew.

 

There are beers that are made with some sort of tomato base like this one http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9629/38519/
although I don't know if ketchup is one of the ingredients. I personally think this beer is pretty good, although the rating is nothing to make the brewery proud.

 

The thought of ketchup beer makes me vomit in my mouth

 

I had always wanted to make some prison wine aka 'pruno' before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruno

I think if it were good local ketchup, the sugars and spices in it could lend a nice depth of flavor to some beer styles. Just no Heinz 57 or anything. I wouldn't overdo it by any means

 

A little redundant.... don't you HAVE to vomit in your mouth? ...but, yes I agree : )

 

i'm vomiting from my eyes as i read this

 

Of course vomiting FROM your eyes is a little different than vomiting IN your eyes ...sort of beer related : ) Cheers

 

"three tomatoes are walking down the street- a poppa tomato, a momma tomato, and a little baby tomato. baby tomato starts lagging behind. poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him... and says.......I won't make a beer with you!"

 

Ketchup beer sounds fantastic! Put some Worcestershire sauce in it too.

 

Mmmmmm...anchovies!

 

Make sure you buy the ketchup made with real sugar, not that HFC crap.

 

I am definitely interesting in hearing how it turns out if anyone does this. I might do it myself ... just a dash of good ketchup thrown into a cream ale or something. Just enough to give it a weird bite, and then challenge drinkers to guess what the secret ingredient is.

 

Makes me think of doing a bacon cheeseburger beer with ketchup, bacon extract, ramp, mustard seed, and iron heavy water to simulate rare beef.

Could be tasty...probably not. lol

 

a mac and cheese beer.

cheesy, old hops.
tossing in macaroni into the fermentor (http://beerbybart.com/category/beer/homebrewing/).
and then ketchup as well.

mmmmmm my mouse is watering!

 

You may have to adjust the ph of the ketchup. Maybe ketchup wine is more appropriate? It will be a fairly thick mash if you try to make beer out of it. However, a sour ketchup beer might not be so vomity...

 

Never used ketchup, that seems a bit odd.

You can however use a small amount of tomato paste as a yeast nutrient substitute.

 

Condiment beers will be huge some day. The OP is a brewing pioneer blazing the trail for a slew of imitators. Ketchup IPAs will be a thing by 2020.

 

My advice would be to make your own homemade ketchup. That way you can control what goes in it – tomatoes (obviously), but the spices and sugars can be selected based on your taste preference. I would leave the onions/garlic powder out, IMO, but black pepper and cayenne pepper could be good in it.